The Material/Data Transfer Agreement Form (MDTRF) is now available online! Click here for the MDTRF.
What you’ll need to complete the MDTRF:
Documents you will be able to attach to the MDTRF:
- Agreement from the Outside Organization
- Research Plan
- Subaward
Information you will need:
- Log in credentials to UCSF’s MyAccess
- Outside Organization's name
- Principal Investigator Name
- Whether the Outside Organization is a for-profit or non-profit
- Name and Email of Scientist at the Outside Organization
- Exact Name of Material or Data
- Research Plan
- Whether Outside Organization is for-profit or non-profit
A Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) or Data Agreement is needed any time a UCSF investigator sends or receives materials, samples, software, or data into or out of UCSF. The Industry Contracts Division (ICD) handles all incoming materials, outgoing human materials (i.e. blood, tissue, resected tumors, etc.), and all incoming/outgoing data.
For transfers of non-human research materials (e.g., mice, modified cell lines, reagents, etc.), please refer to the Office of Technology Management (OTM) website or e-mail [email protected].
If the exchange involves materials and/or data flowing in both directions, it is considered a collaboration:
- Collaborations handled by ICD:
- All unfunded collaborations (including URCs), and
- All collaborations with industry partners (funded or unfunded)
-> Please refer to the ICD Industry Collaborations page.
- Collaborations handled by Research Management Services (RMS):
- Funded collaborations with academic institutions or non-profit organizations
-> Please contact Research Management Services (RMS).
- Funded collaborations with academic institutions or non-profit organizations
Visit our MTA FAQs to learn more about MTAs. For additional assistance, contact your ICD Professional, and we can walk you through the MTA process.
Incoming MTAs
Incoming MTAs govern the transfer of material from an outside organization into UCSF for research purposes. Examples of such research material include physical materials such as tissue samples, transgenic mice, cell lines, gene constructs, compounds, antibodies, as well as computer software and data.